Pictures Of Old New York Part 1

The following photographs are taken from the Detroit publishing company collection of color Photochrom prints, housed at the library of congress. They were all taken around 1900 in the city of New York.

Fifth Avenue at Fifty-first Street, New York City 1900

Newspaper Row in 1900, taken by the Detroit Publishing Company, showing the Sun Building, the Tribune Building (with clock tower), and the original New York Times Building. The area was extensively redeveloped in the 1960's under the Brooklyn Bridge Title I Project, and the site is now home to one place plaza, a complex of classrooms and administrative offices of Pace university.

Marble Collegiate Church and Holland House, New York 1901

The Little Church Around the Corner, New York City 1900

High Bridge, New York 1900